The Straits Times, 22 January 1932

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST USFLVEISTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      496 1 SINGAPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 6161)'. B"'^"sw^B"B^Bß^*j 6.16 Tonight 9.15 j I CONSTANCE BENNETT J BOUGHT, j Phone 526 J -2. PHOSFERINE ASSISTS ATHLETE'S j SUCCESSES |pj||||||iliiiili||gM| "T~)EING the winner o^ 72 weight-lifting I Ti^ffi^Kr' I 13 Matches and Tournaments during the I -W *w W*gj^M I past 10 years,
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      154 1 KUALA LUMPUR 27. JAVA 3T. C'PHONC 3683). GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING GOWN A NEW SELECTION IN ORIGINAL DESIGNS AND ATTRACTIVE COLOURINGS. ARTIFICIAL SILK GOWNS. <^^t^K m |TT ni'L.yJjlMm^K. Very fine quality in rich pure Rich in shade and texture, in silk Foulard. Each gown is the latest designs and superb M^^^M-aJmSS weU
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      9 1 6.15 Tonight 9.15 CONSTANCE BENNETT BOUGHT. Thonc 5261-2. > I
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      451 2 P. 0.. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDKR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST .MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Dne B"pore. 1982. NALDERA I«V Jnn. H CARTHAGI 16,000 Feb.
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      642 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples. Marseilles. London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesfcoronrh. VaMsts. Tonnage. Due. Sail. HAKOZAKI MARU 10.500 Jan. 27 if t TERLKI'M .MARU 12,000 Feb. 10 11 HAKUSAN MARU 10, r >oo Feb. 24 25 HARUNA MARU 10,500 Mar 9 10 S KATORI MARU 10,000 Mar,
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      453 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated In Anstralia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown sUamer MARELLA (7,866 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,351: tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      589 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5328. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMr BURG AND COPENHAGEN. Leave. B*pors. Penaag. M.s. MEONIA Jnn. 22 m.s. BORINGIA Feb. 8 Feb. 6 m.s. FIONIA Feb. 24 Feb. 26 m.s. ERRIA Mar. 16 Mar. 18 m.s. ALSIA Apr.
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      597 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LIMITED. THB CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated In England). REGULAR SERVICE TO MARSEILLES, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG and BREMEN, GENOA, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL and GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK and BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE -LONDON and NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON, ROTTERDAM and HAMBUBG.
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      471 2 SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Slam.) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kelantan, Tribal, Banirnara, Telupln, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamni, Langsuan, Taku, Chumpon and Bangkok. VALAYA Jan. 24 Jan. 27 PRACHATIPOK Jan. 31 Feb. I SUDDHADIB Feb. 7 Feb. 10 These vessels are fitted throughout with electric lifthta,
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      385 3 OCEANIC AND ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. STATES STEAMSHIP COPORTLAND, ORE. JOINT SCnEDULI Sailings for United States and Canada Points from Hong Kong. San Francisco and Los Angeles. B.S. OOUMM TIDE sails from Hong K< t > Jan. 26 B.S. OOUNM WALL sails from Hong Kea_ Feb fl Agenta
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      428 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LI NE iJnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE WHY TRAVEL THE DOLLAR WAY? BECAUSE 1 Fresh California fruits and vegetables are served at every meal. 2 i Every stateroom is an outside cabin. Outdoor salt-water «wftnmlng pool on Deck. 4 Orchestra miisic for Tes-Panrinf-Dinner and entertainment*. 5 r First Ran
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      639 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) ELLERMAN LINE Passenger and Freight Services to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Ports and Suez Canal. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN Steamer Due Spore a.s. CITY OF KHIOS Feb. 18 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CTTT OF TJLLE for Hs-~ London Rotterdam, Hamburg
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      377 3 BANKING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England.) Capital Authorised m s- £3,000,000 Capital Subscribed >. 1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Real < 1,666,845 Capital paid up 1,060,000 r. BOARD OF DIRECTORS' J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman, P- R. Chalmers, Esq, Charles J. Hambro, Esq. J- O. Robinson,
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      548 3 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPY, N.V. Netherlands Trading Society. (Established at Amsterdam 1824). PAID UP CAPITAL Ft 80,080,000 STATUTORT RKSBRVI fl. 40,015,000 HBAD OFFICB TN AMSTBRDAM WITH AGENCIES IN BOTTIRDAM AND THE UAGUB. HBAD AGENCT IN BATAVIA. BRANCHBBi •Bandoang Hong Kong Rangoon Baodjennaein Kobe 'Semarang Bombay 'Welterreden Shanghai Calcutta Mc-dan Solo Cheribon
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      499 3 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK, N.V. Established 1863 at Amsterdam. Authorised Capital Glds. 10C.000.000 (about £rf,C»o,<>ou). Paid np Capita) Glds. 66,000,000 (about Resarves Glds. 2j,1jh,u07 (about £2,432,000). 0 HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OKFICLS: THE lIAi.LK. ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES: BATAVIA: Head Office for Dutch last Indies. BRANCH OFFICES: DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampttnan, Bandoeng,
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      693 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. There arc approximately seven words to a line and there is a flat rate charge of 26 cents per line per insertion with: A minimum of one dollar per insertion. Advertisements will be accepted up to 10 a.m. on the day of issue. A fee of 26 cents
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      698 4 HOUSES, FLATS TO LET TO LET, No. 9, Sophia Rd.. No. 4-«, East Coast Rd. Apl. Ed. M. Nathan, 8-B, De Souza Street. NEW FLATS, at Middle Road to let. Electricity and sanitation. Apply N. Reuben, 7, De Sousa Street. TO LET. furnished flat. Katong near the sen. 3 months
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      446 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansions. Apply Spore Building Corp., 64. Market St. No. 4, BATTERY ROAD, formerly occupied by Bank of Taiwan Ltd, to Ist by floors or to suit tenant's requirements. Apply Oothrle A Co., Ltd. GODOWN No. 13, Clarke Quay, facing Ri. ver
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      444 4 FOR SALE GOOD HOME WANTED for Fox Terrier ***** puppy, two months old. Box No. 477, 1 Straits Times. 18FT. Runabout MOTOR BOAT, Johnson 32 h.p. engine, six months old, only used few occasions. Very strong seaworthy boat. Apply 481, Straits Times. FOR SALE, Baby carriage, large, in good i
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      591 4 PUBLIC NOTICES THE MEMBERS OF THE (NATTUKKOTTAI) COMMUNITY OF SINGAPORE, CORDIALLY INVITE The Ladies anil Gentlemen of Singapore to be present at the festival of "Thaipuaam, 1 (the day God Subramaniam appears to his devotees) to be celebrated at their Temple at Tank Road, on Saturday, January 23, 1932. PROGRAMME
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      823 4 LEGAL NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OP KOH SEH LOON, DECEASED Pursuant to the Trustees Ordinance 1929. NOTICE is hereby (riven that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands upon or against the estate of KOH SEH LOON, late of No. 461, Joo Chint Road. Singapore, deceased, who
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    IN HONOUR OF THE INKPOT.
    642 5 Dawat-Pujan in An Indian State. An Indian State, Jan. 2. In this orthodox and ancient Hindu principality the union of Church and State is indissoluble and their divorce would be considered a lewd and monstrous contradiction in terms. To this sentiment is due the inclusion
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    SINGAPORE'S HEALTH.
    147 5 The Singmpert Municipal Hea'ih statement for the week ended Jan. 16 gives the total number of deaths as male 1!54 and female 81. This represents a deathrate of 23.7!> per mille, per annum, compared with 19.22 in the preceding week and 2(5.25 in the rorre?pon:iing week of last
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    UPPER HOUSE FOR BURMA.
    797 5 Conference Plans. AGREEMENT ON MANY POINTS. London, Jan. 6. The composition of the legislatures, the relations of the two Houses, minority claims, franchise and citizenship are among the subjects dealt with in the draft report which the Burma RoundTable Conference in committee discussed this afternoon. The
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    MAYOR OF COLOMBO.
    71 5 Colombo, Jan. 10. The Times of Ceylon is officially informed that Mr. W. T. Stace, Mayor at Colombo anil chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council, will retire in March r.nd will proceed to America later in the year to assume duties as a Lecturer in the Princeton
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      418 5 HOTELS ™my l a™ A ct,on popples hotel TEA DANCE 6.30 TO 8.13 P.M. Accommodalion with Moderß Sanitation. INFOKMAL AFTKR DINNER DANCE 9.30 to Midnight Saturday, Jan. 23r0. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE HAGGIS ON THE MENU EVERY SATURDAY TEA DANCES DINNER DANCES 1 Heal Dutch Rijsttafrl M-ived In thr M.nday Tnesda)
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      393 5 FOURNIER'S HYGENIQUE MIXTURE TONIC ELIXIR World Wide Reputation. Refuse Substitutes. Sold by all Chemists and Stores and TIMMS 1 DISPENSARY. rc»Was Square, Singapore. For Residents KUALA LUMPUR •pedal suburban delivery Tvice is being arranged so that subscribers may obtain their SUNDAY TIMES Lunch Time every Sunday. Send your order now
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      40 5 BUY ADVERTISED GOODS. Not all the advertising that ii offered to the Straits Times is accepted. Ever; effort is made to safeguard readers' interests and ALL advertisers using th« Straits Times are, to the best of cur knowledge THOROUGHLY RELIABLB,
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  • INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON WEEK BY WEEK.
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      Notes From Bengal.
      1369 6 When Zero Hour Came The Government of India Was Ready, But Congress Was All Confusion Reaction To Firm Handling Mr. GandhVs Colossal Error In Tactics The Hard-Hearted Government How It "Grinds The People Down" In Assam! Over R5 2, 550, 000 Of Agricultural Loans Outstanding How Temperature
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    POSITION IN BOMBAY.
    68 6 Bombay, Jan. 8. K is officially announced that the Governor of Bombay has been compelled to cancel his visit to Sind, "as he feels that, under the present circumstances, it is impossible to be absent from Bombay lor any long period." His Excellency had been keenly looking
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    TURN OF TIDE ON THE FRONTIER.
    917 6 Reforms Hopes. REVOLT AGAINST THE "RED SHIRTS." Peshawar, Jan. 5. I have recently had conversations with several leading Indians of Peshawar of various shades of political thought and it may be of interest to summarise their opinions expressed to me, writes the Statesman's special
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    " ALL QUIET " ON THE BATTLE FRONT.
    710 6 ALL QUIET ON THE BATTLE FRONT. Congress Organisation Paralysed." New Delhi, Jan. 5. Over the country as a whole the Congress campaign seems not as yet to have started at all, and the interesting question is whether it ever will (writes a Statesman representative). Mr. Gandhi's arrest yesterday caused very
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    GIRL "ORANGE ARMY."
    98 6 On Picket Duty in Cloth Market In Bombay. Bombay, Jan. 8. A small detachment of the Orange Army (as the girl volunteers, in their crange-coloured sarees, ere now known) invaded Mangaldas Market (one of the biggest markets occupied by retail foreign cloth dealers) which reopened this morning
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    BRITAIN'S HONESTY OF PURPOSE.
    779 6 World Views on the Firm Hand" Policy. London, Jan. 7. Nowhere have events in India been watched with more interest than in foreign diplomatic circles in London, writes the London correspondent of the Statesman. I find that from their, position of detachment. Continental and oth.'r diplomats,
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    MURDERS IN COLOMBO.
    66 6 Seventeen in 1931 Against 15 In 1930. Colombo, Jan. 10. Seventeen murders were committed in Colombo last year. This shows an increase of two on the figures for 1930. Of the 17 murders perpetrated in 1931, ten were knifing cases, two shooting, four with the use of
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    MASKED GUNMEN HOLD UP TRAIN.
    375 6 Chittagong Outrage. THREE DARING BENGAL DACOITIES. Comilla, Jan. 4. Information has reached Comilla that a running train dacoity involving Rs. 12,000 wa3 committed last night after the Chittagong mail had left Shastagung station. Balm Jagat Chandra Roy, a merchant of Brahmanbaria, was returning with collections
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    COLOMBO'S CAR BANDITS.
    299 6 Attempt to Rob Money-Changer Outside Governor's House. ('.■i.iinlio, Jan. 10. A daring attempt to assault and rob money-changer who was returning horn I after work, occurred near the Cloc Tower, Fort, Colombo, about 7 p.m. yesterday. The victim was a man named Saib» MuUiliyar, who carries on
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    NO WAR THRILLS.
    114 6 Bombay Disappoints U.S.A Tourists. Bombay, Jan. K Three-hundred American tourists a arrived here yesterday on board the li cr Empress of Britain are disappointed. They expected to get the thrill of v ar in Bombay, but instead they have arri cd in a town which differs little
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      34 6 Visit SWITZERLAND HOTEL PRICES REDITKn FROM 10 TO 20^ FOR THE COMING WINTER-SEASON. Hotel Guides showing tariff*, illastralrd booklet*, map* and all Information, free on application to the Swiss Consulatr, 121. Markrt Strret, Singapore.
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      237 7 SjLKi:^^^' TELEPHONf ~> 6909 JUST WHAT SINGAPORE NEEDS! A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, HIT THE DEPRESSION, SHOW WITH A KICK. t o nTg h t Matinees Tomorrow and Sunday at 3 p. m. AND DON'T FORGET THE KIDDIES Joe Cook IN RAIN OR SHINE A Columbia Roof Raiser WATCH FOR "Ambassador Bill" WHERE
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      245 7 AGAlN— Here's the Picture that everybody is Talking about! Last week it was "MY WIFE'S FAMILY." Now it 5s "BOUGHT" AT THE CAPITOL, |615j NIGHTLY r*is| HAVE YOU SEEN— Fascin ating Allu ring Desirable CONSTANCE A BENNETT «l THE SCREEN'S HIGHEST— WS^SLLjk SALARIED STAR S«9 =^9 IN HER GREATEST ROLE!
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      209 7 WHAT A SENSATION-EAST OF BORNEO PA VILION 6.15 LAST NIGHT 9.15 PARAMOUNT PRESENTS Charles Rogers in "ALONG CAME YOUTH" Romantic Comedy Farc^ of a penniless Millionaire, a girl, a horse and lots of laughs COMMENCING TOMORROW AT 3.15 THE BIGGEST DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME EVER SHOWN i N MALAYA. JOAN BENNETT
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    P. AND O. PROFITS LOWER.
    536 8 tHirriNG NOTES. Difficult Conditions Signs! Of Improvement. Thi' annual rrport of the directors of Ihe I'eninsulnr and Oriental Steam Navigation Company states that the accounts for year ending Sept. 30 last, after providing for deprivation, show a credit balance on the year, including £115,051 brought
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      207 8 Slagapera, .lan. 22. SELLING. I.nrni .n, 4 months' siglit 2/4 j/32 Ii ndoo, montlu' vigl-.t 2 4 1/32 London, fiO .lays' light S/J :il/:i2 I^ndjn, X0 days 1 sijM 23 lT.'tfi Lundon.demand J Lonil.n, TT. 2/3 13/16 Lyon.^ and Paris, demand 'J">o MainSurg, demand 155 New York, demand
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      PRODUCE.
      73 8 Singapore, J.im. 22. Gambler 13.01 (Cube No. 1 unpicked) if. n C pi j 1 Blind |.4> Sago flour, Sarawak 2 Hi White Pepper 3L'."( Black Pepper |4j j Pearl Sago 5.0 1 mkhll medium pearl H.i Ri.c, Siam $188 to 2:^ Saijn>n $ifir, to l"fi Rangoon $159 to
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      Vessels Arrived.
      119 8 CIBCaj Brit.. .!H tuns, from Keluntan 22for Kelantan 23-1. GIANG SENG, Brit.. 1.070 tons', from Batavlj I 22-1, for Batavia 22-1. GEN. VERSPTCK Dut.. G-10 tons, from Xatuna Islands 22-1. for Natuna IslandM- 1 LARLT. Brit.. 4f.4 tons, from Malacca 21-1 for Malacca 22-1. 1 IPOH. Brit.. :">2B
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      37 8 from Frame, by DArtagnan, due at Singapore C a.m. on Sunday. From China and Japan, by Havana Maru, due at Singapore on Monday. From China and Japan, by Borne.i Maru, due at Singapore en Tuesday.
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        MINING.
        432 8 Vol. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. tl £1 Asam Kumban* 24/- 26/£1 £1 Austrml M»Uy 18/- 20/5/- 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin 10/3 ll/"3 I. £1 Bangrin TJn 10/8 11/3 tl £1 BaUnff Padanf 0.074 O.12V4 1 1 Batu Caves 0.24 0.28 1 1 Bukit Armng 0.30 0.40nom. £1 £1 Burmah Malay
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        GENERAL.
        265 8 Issue v a 1 Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 3 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.75 2.25nom I 2 Alex. Brick Profs. 1.95 2.05 cd. II £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 3.17.6 4.0.0 1 1 Central Engine 0.20 OJOnom 100 50 Chinese Com. Bank 70.00 7."».00 i\ £1 Con. T. S. V, Prefs.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        135 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 99 101 Singapore Municipal 44 p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 98 Singapore Municipal 4S p.c. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,040,000 95 98 Singapore
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        401 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotation*. At th« present time the majority of »boT« rubber §h»re qaoUUom art nominal/ only. Today's Price Fmer Lyall A A Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.65 0.70 0.60 0.70 A lor Gajah ((1) 0.40 0.45 0.40 0.45 H. Hitam (*1) 0.75
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      MALAYAN WIRELESS PROGRAMMES.
      578 8 Tonight's Concert From Saigon. (By Our Wireless Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. The list of stations which may be heard daily in Malaya is as follows (Singapore lime only is given): ALWAYS ON THE AIR. BANDOENG, PLM., 62 metrea, 6.10 to 6.30 p.m., recorded music f1.30 to 7 p.m.,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    240 8 Today. N'onh, N.-East and N.-West Sumatra (Tinambo) 3 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengk&lis and Bag-an Si Api Api (Esmeralda) ..3 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak, Pakrn Baroe, Pajakombo and Padant: (Honir Thor-Kl I l>»'. Baiika Island, Java, South-Wt-Rt Sumatra, South-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Ophir) 3
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    53 8 By Andre Lebon Karapara J. P. Co«n Karoa Felix Rouisel Patria Christiaan Hygeni Corfu Left Arrd. 8'pore London Dec. 3 Dee. 27 Dec. 3 Dec. 27 Dec. 11 Jan. 1 Dec. 17 Jan. 9 Dec. 17 Jan. 11 Dec. 18 Jan. 7 Dec. 24 Jan. 14 Dec.
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      98 8 FOR ALL THINGS RADIO WRITS, PHONE OB CALI Oaraar OppoalU Amber Miiiln I*U Afeata and RaprctaatatlTaa at tka Lm4lb« Radio MaamfactaMM. fMOBT WATI RECEIVERS WIRELESS COMPONENTS Up-Oamtry Ord.r. Ez*cato« M B«tara Post. reoNi 7ttr SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR MALAYAN GARDENS GARDEN FERTILIZER FOR LAWNS SHRUBS FLOWER BEDS POT PLANTS NURSERIES VEGETABLES.
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      309 8 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report YEJPPKRDAY. 1 P.M. YESTERDAY. Uricht Wind. Station!. Temperature Rain- Sun- Relative DirecMax. Min. fall, shine. Himidity. tion. Fore*. Weather. F. F. In. hour*. m.p.h. Kedah Alor Star S8 CG Nil 10.3 55 NE 15 Cloudy Kelantan K. ta Bharu 8:1 74 Nil 7.3 75
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      207 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Friday, January 22. II. W. 8.54 a.m., 8 ft. 7 in., 11.1 p.m., 8 ft. 3 in. Thnipusam Celebrations, 9 a.m. to noon and I p.m. to midnight. Singapore Musical Society's Symphony: Concert, Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Saturday. January 23. H. W. 9.40 a.m., 9 ft.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    210 9 Rubber Steady in All Markets. SELLERS SCARCE AT LOW LEVELS. (Uy Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. Today's Prices Rubber. 4 cent.s per Ib. Tin, M tons at 571.H7' 2 per pirul. i-Kterday's Prices ltu'»!)fr. London 2 l.'i-16d.. unchanged. New York. -I 1 cts.. up ct. Mar'«et T«ne
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    116 9 SINGAPOR E HARBOUR BOARD. Kriday. faaauy SMpi alongside the Wharre* or expected to arrive. &EPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lrh. Sir Theodore Fraser, Lch. Lady Guillemard, Calulu. W. Ht. Jnan I. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tan)on( I'airir. Al'.ert Pock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. Kepprl Harbour.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      RUBBER REVIEW OF LAST YEAR.
      470 9 Stocks Accumulate. STILL NO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. It. rur annual rubber review of a year Hi: w« ha'i to write that 1930 was the most gloomy year ever NM, states the Financial Times. Those Fame words, unfortunately, are applicable to the twelve month' just ended indeed,
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      59 9 12 oVlofk noon, Jin. 22. a Ton* of Martit:— Steady. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet 2 15-16 d. per lb. N»w York :—Spot Sheet G. cts. 4 3-16 per lb. t.S.S. equal to London Standard Itandard R.S.S. on Tender Spot February March April-June July-Sept. Buyers.
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      943 9 March came over at 48,500 tons, though enly 43,000 tons had been expected. World clocks on Mar. 31 were then at the highest 1 .el for any end-month in history. Conditions dunng April deteriorated ur.der the influence of the continued addit:on to stocks. Estate companies' produced all < ut in
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      230 9 Closing Quotations In London. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 21. Closing quotations last night of the principal British and American stocks are given below The rise or fall is in relation to the prices of Jan. 20. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall. Conversion Loan
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      AMERICAN SHARES.
      54 9 General Motors 2d -r Standard Oil Ex. pd. 87»« T i U.S. Steel 45»« -i-1* Natitm-I City Bank 50^ -2>.» General Electri. 22U -H fnion Pacific Rail Ord. SO 1 -3 Americna Tobacco B. 78 J l American Can 63 2'i U.S. Rubber 4S| r- Woolworth 42 to
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      NEWFOUNDLAND.
      195 9 British Expert in Charge Of Expenditure. The expenditures of all Newfoundland (iepartments are now under complete control of an expert from the British Treasury. Mr. J. H. Penson. The object o* this measure, the Prime Minister, Sir Richard Squires, explains, is to end the extravagances of the past," and
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      COPRA MARKET.
      31 9 Bar'ow and Oo.'s copra report, dated lan. 21, states The market has been slightly firmer during the past week. Closing quotations arc as follows Sundrie I, $5.80 mixed, 55.00.
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      OUTWARD MAIL.
      38 9 Mails from Europe (London mails dispatched on Dec. 31), ex P. and O. Nttklcra will arrive by train tonight ami will be reedy for delivery, witn Penan* anJ F.M.S. correspondence, to boxholders at 8.46 a.m. tomorrow.
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      MALAYAN RUBBER POSITION.
      625 9 As Seen by an Economist Correspondent. Quite apart from the question of restriction there are many points in connection with the rubber plantation industry which deserve the attention of th? holder of rubber shares, states the Financial News. The effect of the continued low prices for the
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      BULLION REPORT.
      210 9 Guthrie and Co.'* weekly ntbbe: 1 report, dated Jan. 21. states A dull and uninteresting week falls to be recorded, with a sagging of prices in all three markets. London, S:ngarore, and New York have lo.t 3-16 d.. l S <ents r.r.d 7-1G cent, sold respectively wver the
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      EXCHANGES.
      81 9 Knpl.y. Jan. 21. Foreign rM'hangcs r.re Amsterdam 8.60, Athens 2i;7'/i, Bombay Is. «>.id., Berlin 14.05. Biu^sils 21 13-16, Bucllareat 5774, Rio 414, liuonos Aires sa'v. Copenhagen 18 3-10, Geneva 17%, Hflsin«fors 232 V Hone Kong Is. 5 1116 d.. Lisbon 10»%, Madrid 41'«, MiUin »WV Mi nle Vid-.-i. 31
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    HOME FINANCIAL TOPICS.
    534 9 Where Will Sterling Be Stabilised SOUND ELECTRIC INVESTMENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Dm, 2:!. The Stock Exchange was listless during the past week, the amount of business tiansactcd being very small, and insufficient. to show any decisive trend in any market. Japan's abandonment of the gold
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    INCOME-TAX 'REBELS.'
    150 9 Must Pay When They Come Out of Prison. There are eijrhtynfour persons in prison I today for non-payment oi income tax, says I the Sunday Express of Jan. 4. Nearly 4,000 persons were imprisoned 'ast year for all forms of debt," an official of the Prison Commissioners said
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    123 10 Singapore, ADELPHI HOTEL.-Informal Dinner and Dance. ALHAMBRA.-Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda and Tom Howard in Rain or Shine. 6.18—9.15. Phone 6909. CAPlTOL.—Constance Bennett in Boueht. C.15- 9.15. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.—Wayanjf, Cinemag, Zoo Joycars and Donkey Ridea. Gate 10 cts. except Sat., Sun. and Holiday Nights. MARLBOROUGH.—Hoot Gibson in Clearing
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      DEATH
      45 10 KEASBEHRY.—On January 21, 1032, at the Singapore I'nitcd Rubber Estate. CVi mile, Yio Chu Kan* Rd.. Mariam Keasberry years, Relict of the late Mr. Benjamin Scott Keasberry of the 8.N.8. Constabulary. The interment will take place at the Bidadari Cemetery at 5 p.m. today.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1932. THE CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
    1131 10 Since the somewhat belated announcement by the Straits Settlements Governj ment of the appointment of a committea ;to take over the excellent work of tho Asiatic Unemployment Fund, which was 1 launched and carried on for some months
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    134 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. J. W. Moore has been appointed headmaster of the Johore Bahru Trade School. Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, Coraman-der-in-Chief of the China Station, who is at present in Singapore with H.M.S. Kent, paid a visit to the Air Base at Seletar this morning. It is now gazetted that
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    THE NEW PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE.
    1013 10 Exact Science As Key to A New World of Thought. (By Dr. Hans Reichenbach. Professor i< in the University of Merlin and one of the leaders of the new Philosophy of Science.) "Thone who accuse the exact ncientittts of our age of being lacking in
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    744 10 THAIPUSAM. Today's War Song— "The Tamils Ar.i Cominp." COOPERATION. Remarkable figures showing the proRress of the co-operative movement nru contained in the report on the working of Co-operative Societies in Singapore for the year ended June 30, which has just been issued. In 1925 there were
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  • GOLD LOSING ITS VALUE AS A BASIS OF CURRENCY.
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      BRITISH BANKER WARNS U.S.A.
      242 11 (.oid Must Circulate More Freely. THE ALTERNATIVE. America and France Will Face Huge Losses. Rutrby, Jan. 22. The well-known tanker, Mr. F. C. Goodcnoutrh, made some pointed remarks upon world currency and debt problems when presiding today at the annual sharehold-t-rs" meeting if Barclays Bank. Referring
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      A PAPER STANDARD?
      346 11 World Currencies May Be Linked to Sterling. London, Jan. 21. The inadequacy of ."old for world re- nniremeßtl lias airain I.-enI '.-en raised by The Times. After pointing out that the anr.ual production il insufficient to meet the cle-liN due to Frame and the United it say.-
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    BANK OF ENGLAND.
    101 11 Repayment of Debts To U.S. and France. New York, Jan. 22. It is reported in hanking circles here that, the Bank of England has, repaid between $.ri5.000.000. r i5.000.000 and $60,000,000 of thr credit extended to her jointly by the Federal Reeerve Bank and the Bank Ii
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    UNHAPPY HUPEH.
    59 11 Bandits Murder 164,551 In Two Years. Peking, Jan. 21. I'll, rv. c reports state that bandits in Iluiieh Ptotukc during the past two years have killed 184,56] persons, while 040,000 r.r.' missing and 7K,O(K) are being held to ransom. About 10,000 houses have Wen burned down and the
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    JAPANESE GENERAL OFFENSIVE.
    453 11 Chinese Running Short Of Supplies. Shanghai, Jan. 22. Three brigades of Japanese troops started a general offensive against UM Chinese volunteers north-west of Chinchow on the Jehol border yesterday. A heavy artillery bombardment was (Mrected by six Japanese aeroplanes. Chinese volunteers are reported to be offering a
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    MARSHAL CHIANG.
    320 11 Arrival in Nanking Yesterday. Shanghai, Jan. 22. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Nanking at 7..10 p.m. yesterday, travelling from Hangchow by road. Mr Wang (hing-hui arrived at the capital at 10 o'clock the same evening and is staying at Mr. T. V. Soong's residence. In view of the
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    21 11 The death has taken place at the Tanglin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, of Mr. Thomas Carlos, late clerk of the Selangor Museum.
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    GENERAL TARIFF FOR BRITAIN ?
    437 11 GENERAL TARIFF FOR BRITAIN Cabinet Differences. PLAN TO CHECK VOLUME OF IMPORTS. London, Jan. 21. It is believed a complete change of fiscal policy is contained in the report of the Cabinet sub-committee which has been investigating the question of the balance of trade. The report will shortly be submitted
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    OUT FOR A RECORD.
    136 11 Long Distance Flight From Hanoi to Paris. Calcutta, Jan. 21. I The French airmen, Cupt. Codos and I M. Robida, left Hanoi at 6 a.m. and arrived here at 3.46 p,m., beating the record for a non-stop flight from Hanoi to Calcutta. They left for Karachi
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    THE FLYING FRAULEIN.
    44 11 Loaves Bangkok Tomorrow For Singapore. (From Our Own Correspondent) Eangkok, Jan. 22. Fraulein Elli Beinhorn, the young German girl who is flying from Berlin to Bali arrived at Don Muang yesterday afcernoon. She expects to leave for Singapore on Saturday morning.
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    "RED" REPUBLIC FOR SPAIN ?
    417 11 "RED" REPUBLIC FOR SPAIN North Barcelona Ablaze. GOVERNMENT TO TAKE STERN MEASURES. Barcelona, Jan. 21. A Communist Republic has been proclaimed by the revolutionaries in Salient, Suria and Berga, towns in North Barcelona, where the revolutionaries are completely masters. Everything is at a s tandstill, the town halls have been
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    "PURE INVENTIONS."
    145 11 Germany Denies Preparing For War. Berlin, Jan. 22. Official quarters ridicule the allegations of General Bourgeois and M. Eccard, which are described as pure inventions cr malicious distortions. Reuter. The allegations referred to were made to the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee on Jan. 21 by General
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    CHINESE DELEGATES TO DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.
    69 11 The Chine delegates on t heir way to thr Disarmament Conference a) Geneva passed through Singapore arc! left tfiis morning by the karirala. The above picture, taken on board \esterday, shows, left to right: thm, l.iv Teck Yuan (Air), Moo Sonic Wl anf (Army), vice-chairman
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    REPARATIONS TALKS CONTINUE.
    195 11 Conference Not to Begin On Monday. Rugby, Jan. 21. The Reparations Conference, provisionally fixed to open next Monday at Lausanne, has been postponed. This was announced in a Foreign Office comm inique issued late last night as follows The conversations which have been taking place between the
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    SHANGHAI RIOT.
    177 11 Japan's Ultimatum to Mr. Wu Tieh-chen. Shanghai, Jan. 22. The Japanese Consul-General at Shanghai (Mr. Yoshiaki Miura) visited the Chairman of the International Settlement Municipal Council and the Mayor of Greater Shanghai (Mr. Wu Tieh-chen) today and expressed Japan's regrets for the jjart Japanese subjects had played in
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    THE TIN POOL.
    140 11 Now Holding 21,000 Tons Of Metal. London, Jan. 21. The committee of control of the International Tin Pool have announced that their holding is now 21,000 tons of metal, all of which appears to be visible supplies. —Reuter. At the last meeting of the committee in Paris
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    U.S. RECONSTRUCTION.
    83 11 President Hoover Asks For $500,000,000. Washington, Jan. 22. President Hoover has requested Congress to appropriate $500,000,000 to enable the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to function as soon as it is finally approved. Reuter. On Jan. 12 the Senate approved the creation of a $2,000,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which is
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    KORAN TURKISH.
    94 11 KORA N TURKISH. Innovation by Mustapha Kemal Pasha. Constantinople, Jan. 21. Another of Mustapha 'Kemal Pasha's reforms is being enfdrced tomorrow when for the first time prayers and verses from the Koran will be recited in Turkish instead of Arabic in the mosque of St. Sophia in the presence' of
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    BRUTAL ASSAULT BY "REDS."
    321 11 Policemen Attacked By 50 Hylams. CRY OF PAH, PAH." Stabbed Constable In Serious Condition. With a red flag flying from the top of a tree on the side of the main road connecting Singapore to Johore, a mob of some forty or fifty Hylnms, presumably Communists,
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    MR. LYTTON STRACHEY
    221 11 Death of Author Of Eminent Victorians." Rugby, Jan. 22. The death occurred this afternoon after some months of illness of Mr. I.yton Strachey, the well-known author, at the age of 51. He was principally known for his brilliant biography of Queen Victoria and other eminent characters of
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    SHANGHAI TRAGEDY.
    78 11 Club Steward and Wife Shot. Shanghai, Jan. 13. Mr. Sidney Shervington, steward of the Shanghai Club, formerly in the Police Force in Hong Kong, is alleged to have ."hot his wife and then committed suicide in his quarters at the club, after dinner tonight. His wife has been
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    IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
    31 11 Eighteen Months for Gandhi's Third Son. Bardoli, Jan. 21. Gandhi's third son, Kamdas, who was arrested on Jan. 19, has been MtMCM to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment.— Reuter.
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    GERMAN UNEMPLOYED.
    11 11 Berlin, Jan. U Germany's unemployed now number ."),!tC(i,OOO.— Reuter.
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    TINSMITH'S STORY OF FLOWER VASES.
    2339 12 A drilled Sole for Sick Woman Friend. RAFFLES HOTEL CASE. ACCUSED CALLED UPON FOR THEIR DEFENCE. The story of how four silver vases bearing the monogram of Raffles Hotel came in have tin discs put on them so as to cover the murks, ami how
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    "MOST DESPICABLE OFFENCE."
    415 12 Constable Who Brought False Charge. Convicted of the offenoe of giving false information to the police after havint "planted" some bananas in the baske;. of a poor hawker, a Malay police com tali], and orderly to the Inspector-General of Police, was severely admonished by Mr G. E.
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    LOVE IN; RETURN FOR A WHISKER.
    431 12 Amazing Story. HEADMASTER'S ALLEGED AFFAIRE. (Krom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 20. Extraordinary articles from a Chinese newspaper in which it was alleged that a headmas'er gave a young woman one o.' his whiskers in return for her love and then demanded the return
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    TWO MONTHS' GAOL.
    60 12 Sharp Sentence on Ricksha Puller. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 21. A Chinese ricksha puller who accosted a Tamil cook with the suggestion of takirg him to a prostitute was today fined $25 by the Seremban magistrate. The fine was not paid and the man poes
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    'EUROPEAN MINER CHARGED. ,
    314 12 'EUROPEAN MINER CHARGED. Sequefto Woman's Death In Car Accident. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 20. At the Tapah Police Cfeurt today before Mr. E. E. Pengilley, two serious charges I were preferred against a European miner, Mr. W. M. Hardy, who was accused of rash and negligent driving and
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    CHANDU SEIZURES.
    166 12 Two Big Hauls in Last Few Days. Two big seizures of contraband chandu have been made by the Monopolies Department during the last few days. Officers of the Harbour Board division boarded the s.s. Apcey and became suspicious of eleven cases of confectionary biscuits and ju-jubes, consigned to
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    THE REAL " BANDITS."
    149 12 THE REAL BANDITS." Manchester Guardian And Japan. London, Jan. 21. I As a curtain raiser to a series of four long articles on The League and j Manchuria by "A Student of the League, the first of which reads distinctly unfavourably towards Japan, a Manchester Guardian editorial, referring to the
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    LEAGUE COMMISSION.
    227 12 M. Briand and Its Task In Manchuria. Geneva, Jan. 21. The conditions under which the Manchurian Commission will begin its task are different from those which the Council expected at the clcee of the last meeting, declared M. Briand, informing his colleagues of the appointment of the Commission.
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    STRAITS CHINESE AND THE COUNCIL.
    807 12 Government's Reply. UNABLE TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION. As reportel in the Straits Times on Wednesday, the Government was not able to accede to the request made by the Straits Chinese British Association for fuller representation of the Straits-born Chintoe community on the L'pislativiCouncil and the appointment
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    MOONLIGHT MUSIC.
    80 12 The Se.lan-"or Stat° Band will pive its monthly rerfo;-mance < a the night of full moon, tomorrow, Saturday, on the Selangor Club padang from It to 11 p.m. The programme, will be as follow Ovirti.n. The Sapphm- Meeklaec (Sullivan). Thi--<- DVnub Dbbcm i s. Cateridgc-Taylor). Selection from Radlvort
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      GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAPS.
      227 13 Fatal Accident To West Indies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 21. The weights for the Grand National, to be run on MVir. 18, are as follows: Gregalach 12.7, Shaun Goilin 12.4, Grakle 12.3, Colliery Band 12.2, Drintyre 120, Kakushin 11.12, Coup de Chapeau 11.10, Sir Lindsay
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      INDIAN CRICKET TRIALS.
      110 13 Lall Singh Scores 31 In First Match. (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Jan. 22. Lall Singh, the Selangor cricketer, maje a most favourable impression playing for the Maharaja of Vizianagram's XI in the first trial match at Patiala. He scored 31 out of a total of 252
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    COMMERCIAL CUP COMPETITION.
    541 13 Ho Hong's Success. h.P.C. BEATEN IN FIRST ROUND. lo Hong S. C. 3 A.P.C. 0. Displaying all round superiority, the Io Hong Sports Club entered the second ound of the Commercial Cup competition 'esterday at the expense of the Asiatic Co., winning 3—o.3 —0. The winners played
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    SINGAPORE TURF CLUB DRAW.
    211 13 Pony Griffins for 1932 Spring Meeting. The following is the result of the draw of the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meet' ing 1032, Pony Griffins I. Bay Mare 14-2 Canny-Amoslively Mr. Strode. 3. Chest. Mare 14-2 Dhoby-Red Queen Omar Khayyam Kongsi." 4. Bay Geld 14-2 Sarlis
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    AMATEUR RACES.
    241 13 Handicaps for Tomorrow At Penang. The handicaps for tomorrow's amateur races at Penang are as follows Registered Polo Ponies, First Division (about two furlongs).— Speedometer 14, Jadi 13, Royalty 13. Ginger II 12.7, Countess 12. Harpy 12. Balt'y II 12. Registered Polo Ponies, Second Division (about two furlongs).
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    SCHMELING & WALKER
    108 13 SCHMELING WALKER To Fight at Miami Next Month. New York, Jan. 6. Max Schiwlin- heavyweight champion of the world, and Mickey Walker, challenger for the title, will sign articles tomorrow for a fifteen-round title match on Feb. 25 at Miami. F!a., it was announced today by Jimmy Johnston, boxing director
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    KING'S STABLE.
    91 13 Brigadier-General Tomkinson Becomes Racing Manager. London, Jan. 9. His Majesty the King has appointed Brigadier-General a. Tomkinson as the royal racing manager in succession to the late Major Fetherstonhaugh, since whose death in July W. Jarvis has been fulfilling the duties. General Tomkinson formerly commanded the Royal Dragoons
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    BASEBALL.
    59 13 The following have been selected to represent the Singapore Cubs at baseball agcinst the University Old Boys (Japanese) tomorrow starting at 3 p.m. on the S.R.C. ground Geo. Almeida, L. Alvis, J. Arriola, G. H. da Costa, C. Houghton, P. C. James (capt), G E. Kraal and M. Santos.
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    CALCUTTA TURF SENSATION.
    274 13 Trainer and Jockey Punished. Calcutta, Jan. 8. The turf sensation of the week has been the action which the Stewards of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club have taken against one of the leading trainers. Mr. Harry Hayhoe, who for some months past has been in charge of
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    94 13 Priday, January 22. Football: Commercial Cup. Ist round: Sime Darby and Co. vs. Robinson's Anson Road Stadium. Hockey: Combined Colleges vs. S.C.C., Raffles College ground; Raffles Institution vs. S.R.C. "A," R.I. ground; A.P.C. vs. Khalsa. Assn., Paya Lebar. Rugby: Public Services "A" XV vs. Gloucester Regt., Dunearn Road.
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    19 13 [The co-operation of clnb secretaries it requested in keeping this diary of sporting events accurate and up to d»U.J
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    WINTER SPORTS.
    218 13 Now in Full Swing In Scotland. London, Jan. 1. Snow, ice, clear blue skies and sunshine is an unusual January combination of climatic conditions which are providing Britain at present with ideal winter weather all too rare in previous years. After the warmest Christmas Day for forty years
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    CREATION OF THE SECOND "ARSENAL."
    476 13 Manchester Business Man Takes Over the United. The creation of another "Arsenal" is the avowed aim of Mr. J. W. Gibson, the Manchester business man who has taken charge of Manchester United F. C. for a month, and has placed £2,000 at the disposal of
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      BIRTH CONTROL.
      459 14 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The Straits Times is on the warpath against— hear and wonder unbornchildren. This is the meaning of your leader of Jan. 20. That humanity is going 'back to barbarism, and even to cannibalism, your leader is the best proof. Even
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      THE AXE IN JOHORE.
      274 14 To th* Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The Government of Johore may congratulate itself on the reception accorded to its circulars announcing the i abolition of temporary allowances. The move seems not at all unjustified as everyone realises that in the present financial j circumstances
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      TIN QUOTA SCHEME.
      368 14 To the Editor of the Straits Timca. Sir, —Your leader of Jan. 19 contained a message of cheering and goodwill, but it was like praising a pudding before eating. W« arc in the final quarter of the first year of the tin restriction scheme —and how slowly
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    ESCAPED SLUMP.
    181 14 Venezuela and Siam, Says Big Banker. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 22. Addressing the Rotary Club here yesterday Mr. J. H. Durrell, vice-presi-dent of the National City Bank of New* York, who is in charge of all foreign branches, said that there were only two countries in
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    PRESSURE OF WORK.
    140 14 Keeps Premier and Sir John Simon in London. Rugby, Jan. 22. Owing to extreme pressure of Cabinet work in connection with the early re-a.-vi. l>'y of Parliament the Prime Minister. IQr. Ramsay Mac Donald, has ha 1 regretfully to decline the invitation from M. Laval, the French
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    JUVENILE CRIME.
    130 14 Changes in Industrial Schools. Rugby. Jan. 22. The proposals contained in the Children and Young Persona Bill, the text of which was buced today, include the following: I Juvenile cou;-t^> .shall in future deal with per.en.-> unJt;- !7 inntfri of 16 as at pmea! the ay-.' of criminal
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    MISS LAURA GUERITE.
    137 14 Cabaret Season Opened In Calcutta. Miss Laura Guerite has opened her vaudeville and cabaret season at Firpo's and judging from the reception accorded her by the large number of diners her stay, which is to extend over several weeks, should be a success, says the Calcutta Statesman
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    "RAIN OR SHINE."
    124 14 Story of the Circus at The Alhambra. "Rain or Shine," the Columbia picture now being shown at the Alhambra, is a story of the ciicus, with an old and familiar plot. We have, as before, the liaughter of the former proprietor who carries on with the assistance
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    DISARMAMENT.
    181 14 Declaration With Over 2,000,800 Signatures. Rugby, Jan. 21. A declaration in favour of world disarmament which bears 2,120,000 signatures was iriven a, send-off on its journey from the.' London headquarters of the Women's International League to Geneva yesterday. Addresses were given by Lord Cecil and others. The AsctWsbop of
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    SCRAP IRON.
    192 14 General Collection In Soviet Russia. Riga, Jan. 21. A general' collection of scrap iron ha 3 bten ordered in certain districts as part of the maximum mobilisation of the Soviet's internal i>on and steal resource-! consequent on official reports that the present output is only 15,000 tons of
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    REDS IN FUKIEN.
    92 14 Preparing for a Big Attack. Hor.g Kong, Jan. 22. Definite information has been received at military headquarters in Canton to the effect that Sun Lien-chung's Communists are preparing to attack Fnikien. General Chang Mui-sun's troops, who are situated at Puiling, are making preparations to meet the emergency.
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    THE PORTHOS.
    70 14 Due at Singapore Next Wednesday. The M.M. liner Porthos will call at Singapore on Wednesday next (instead of Thursday) and at Penang on Thursday. Subsequent homeward bound vessels of the China-Japan mail line will follow the same itinerary, while, commencing with the Sphinx, sailing from Marseilles on Feb.
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    INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S CASE.
    2331 15 WHY A FIRM HAND WAS NECESSARY. "War Mentality" Of Congress. FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF GOVERNMENTS OF THE FUTURE. Justification for the ju-tion taken by the Government of India against the Congress is contained in a lengthy official statement issued on Jan. 1. The statement gives a number
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    COMILLA MURDER.
    86 15 Charge Sheets Submitted Against Two Girls. Comilla, Jan. 2. The police have submitted charge sheets against Shanti Ghose and Sunita Chowdhury, the alleged assailants of the late Mr. C. G. B. Stevens, District Magistrate of Tipperah, under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 34 and 1208 (conspiracy)
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    DIESEL-ENGINED LORRY.
    340 16 Further Tests. INTEREST OF LOCAL MOTOR FIRMS. Last Decoml-r Mr. P. L. Barclay, Superintendent of the Municipal Transport Centre, invited the Municipal Commissioners to an interesting demonstration which showed how a lorry owner could save 84 per cent, of the present cost of fuel by using a Diesel
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    SAVING 84 PER CENT. OF PRESENT FUEL COSTS.
    48 16 The picture shows some of the people who attended the demonstration of the Dicsel-engined lorry now in use by the Municipality. Among those in the picture are Mr. R. Austin, Mr. M. Cresson, Mr. P. L. Barclay and Mr. MacDougall.
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    TO FIGHT TERRORISM.
    30 16 Village Organisations to Aid Authorities. Chittagong, Jan. 4. A very largely-attended meeting of the Hindu and Mohammedan villagers of the district was held here in the grounds
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    MUNICIPA LITY'S DIESEL-ENGINED LORRY.
    20 16 The engine of the lorry which the Municipality has been experimenting with to reduce fuel costs.
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    THE R.T.C. COMMITTEES.
    435 16 Hopes That All Schools Of Thought Will Co-operate New Delhi, Jan. 8. Six K'Uiiiil-Taiile Conference delegates, comprising three Moslem League representatives, a Hindu and two Liberals, discussed the political situation with the Viceroy today. Lord Willingdon had a two-hour unfinished interview with Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and
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    DISCOUNT BROKERS' LOSS
    108 16 Effect of Suspension of Gold Payments. London, Jan. 5. Commenting on City Finance, The Times' City Correspondent notes that the decline 1 in British Government Securities last year 1 was about 10 per cent., and as London clearing: banks hold about £300,000,000, depreciation represents in the aggregate
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    CALCUTTA EUROPEANS.
    129 16 Roused From Their Apathy By The Congress "War." Calcutta, Jan. 6. Europeans in Calcutta mustered in strength at a mass meeting held at the New Empire Theatre yesterday, convened for the purpose of rousing in Calcutta a sense of civic duty among its European citizens. Mr. H. Carey
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    WHAT WILL 1932 BRING FORTH ?
    2607 17 WHA T WILL 1932 BRING FORTH SYMPOSIUM BY LORD PARMOOR, DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, M FMILE YANDERYELDE VISCOUNT SNOW DEN, SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, SIR (ALBERT VYLE. SIR ARTHUR BALFOUR, M. ANDRE CITROEN, MR. t KEMPSTER AND SIR HERBERT A'JSTIN. The Rt. Hon. Lord Parmoor. ormcr Itritish Lord President of the
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    ETERNAL TRIANGLE AGAIN.
    1818 18 Twelve Years After." DUTCHMAN SUED FOR MAINTENANCE. The alleged money-making propensiti«s of a wife who carried on a money-lending business with other ventures, and the const ant nagging of her husband for more mc'tiey, were said to be the root cause of the troulile between a Dutchman
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    BIG CHINESE DINNER.
    79 18 150 Sit Down at Wedding Celebration. (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 21. Over 150 people sat down last night to a Chinese dinner given at the premises of the Lee Kee Company by Mr. Koh i Lian Chin, the proprietor, and two otheiv, in honour of
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    ROTARY CLUB.
    65 18 In our report of Mr. .1. R. Kracht's speech at the Rotary Cltib yesterday i: was stated that Pan Francisco brought in G5500,000 a year through advertising tho city, Lof Angeles (;$1. 000,000 and Colombo Rs. 500.000. In the cmp of the two American cities this was the
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    TRIAL OF PATIENCS.
    172 18 Gilbertian Protest At Jubbulpore. Jubbulpore, Jan. 5. A trial of patience is in progress at Jubbulpore, where crowds of Congress workers and sympathisers have been squatting in the middle of the main street for the last 24 hours, watched by batches of police who are relieved every
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    MR. GANDHI'S ARREST.
    93 18 Condemnation by Church l.vaders in England. London, Jan. 7. A protest against the arrest of Mr. Gar.dhi as being unworthy of the traditional British love of freedom and deplorably unwise in the present state of India is made in a letter to the Press, signed by the
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    On The War Path In East Africa.
    1991 19 lly GENERAL VON LETTOW VORBECK. (THK (JERMAN COMMANDER IN BAST AFRICA.) HOW NEWS OF THE ARMISTICE CAME. Im tlie (iist days of August IKI-l an urgent telegram froai the Governor of Herman Ka--t Africa reached an at Kilossa, order- j ing me to
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    FAIRY TALES FOR TINY REDS.
    647 19 Capital as Ogre. OH, STALIN WHAT BIG BYES YOU'VE GOT. The Bolshevik book for babies has arrived, says the Daily Express. It is a story-book for politically minded children called The Red Corner Book." Father Christmas searching the bookstalls for suitable literature for the children,
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    Admiral Sir Howard Kelly's Visit To Singapore.
    37 20 Admiral Sir Howard Kelly. K.C.U.. C.M.G.. M.V.0., Commander. in-Chief of the China Station is at present visiting Singapore. The photograpn shows the Admiral's flagship, H.M.S. Kent, alongside at Tanjong Pagar.
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    23 20 The band af the Ist. batt. Gloucestershire Regt. which, with a guard of honour, was present when the admiral landed at Johnston's I'ier.
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    42 20 COAL CARRIERS' RACK THROUGH THROUGH LONDON George oulridge (ri c ht) the champion coal carrier, sure ,siiiny (irfniritd his title in a race againsU Sam Newton (lef.) from Wood (.rein to Shoreditch, a distance of four miles, on Dec. 20. (Planet News.)
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    46 20 FLYING MESSENGER BOYS AT CROYDON Forty boys employed by the Cnir.m ?rcial Cable Co. »ci> taken to Croydon on Dec. 19 and given flights with the object of making them air minded." They are the nudvu* of a new corps of llyinji messenger boys." Planet News.)
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    50 20 1.1 \Zl\<; RTORI FRONT CRASHES INTO STREET Eight people were injured in a sUmpede for safety at (.uildlord, Surrey, on Dec. 17, when the front of a biasing drapery store crash -d into the street. Above firemen are Keen at work in the ruins of the burnt-out building. (I'lanet News.)
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    49 20 MAYORS HELP IN "LONDON'S LARGEST SHARE-OUT The Mayor o" Hammersmith, (Councillor W. I1I 1 Davies), Sir Marshall Hays (a former Mayor of Hammi-rt>miih). Alderman J. 11. S a minis and \lilrrmun K J. It Spearing drawing their dividends at the annual "ahare-out" in Hammersmit i Town Hall. (I'lanet News.)
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